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Probate and Family
Court Department
Fiscal Year 2003 Statistics
Counties of Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin,
Hampden and Hampshire
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| Annual
Report Statistics Fiscal Year Ending 2003 |
| Divisions: |
Barn |
Berk |
Bris |
Dukes |
Esse |
Fran |
Hamd |
Hamp |
Totals
All Counties |
| Part
I:
Total Original Entries
All
Complaints, Petitions, and Accounts Filed |
7,200 |
3,669 |
11,928 |
507 |
18,012 |
2,186 |
16,031 |
3,309 |
151,718 |
|
Part II:
Probate
1.Administrations & Probate of Will |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
1,424 |
660 |
1,458 |
120 |
2,366 |
268 |
1,547 |
505 |
21,568 |
| Decrees |
1,412 |
572 |
1,385 |
99 |
2,327 |
273 |
1,559 |
400 |
20,267 |
| Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
174 |
96 |
168 |
14 |
300 |
45 |
260 |
49 |
2,750 |
| 2.
Trusteeships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
33 |
9 |
22 |
6 |
71 |
4 |
14 |
4 |
428 |
| Decrees |
27 |
6 |
21 |
6 |
52 |
8 |
21 |
2 |
383 |
| 3.
Gdnshps of Minor |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
181 |
76 |
436 |
12 |
472 |
50 |
762 |
42 |
4,379 |
| Temp.
Appointments |
189 |
65 |
511 |
21 |
430 |
67 |
232 |
36 |
3,471 |
| Decrees |
131 |
27 |
183 |
4 |
32 |
45 |
431 |
24 |
2,274 |
| Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
144 |
57 |
331 |
8 |
358 |
40 |
653 |
25 |
3,321 |
| 4.
Gdnshps of Mentally Ill |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
106 |
37 |
243 |
4 |
263 |
38 |
254 |
42 |
2,538 |
| Temp.
Appointments |
83 |
19 |
233 |
2 |
147 |
26 |
115 |
18 |
1,454 |
| Dispositions |
97 |
22 |
150 |
5 |
191 |
35 |
212 |
27 |
2,239 |
| Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
6 |
3 |
20 |
0 |
15 |
5 |
22 |
10 |
211 |
| 5.
Gdnshps of Mentally Retarded |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
34 |
22 |
106 |
0 |
111 |
9 |
65 |
37 |
1,085 |
| Temp.
Appointments |
2 |
2 |
42 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
197 |
| Decrees |
38 |
19 |
68 |
0 |
129 |
9 |
74 |
18 |
1,055 |
| Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
3 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
82 |
| 6.
Gdnshps of Incapacitated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
28 |
13 |
36 |
0 |
57 |
1 |
51 |
3 |
533 |
| Temp.
Appointments |
26 |
5 |
47 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
23 |
2 |
328 |
| Decrees |
23 |
2 |
16 |
0 |
34 |
0 |
30 |
10 |
281 |
| Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
1 |
12 |
0 |
95 |
| All
Rogers Orders Entered |
144 |
156 |
764 |
4 |
397 |
17 |
452 |
211 |
6,225 |
| 7.
Gdnshps of Minor Entertainer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
| Decrees |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| 8.
Proxy Guardianships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
| Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 9.
Conservatorships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
4 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
4 |
12 |
1 |
126 |
| Decrees |
5 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
15 |
5 |
9 |
0 |
105 |
| 10.
Accounts and Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
977 |
323 |
755 |
63 |
1,657 |
230 |
1,195 |
264 |
17,205 |
| Decrees |
491 |
251 |
425 |
22 |
572 |
139 |
601 |
207 |
10,160 |
| 11.
Real Estate Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
116 |
29 |
178 |
5 |
235 |
16 |
146 |
55 |
2,154 |
| Decrees |
101 |
27 |
164 |
1 |
59 |
8 |
57 |
59 |
1,723 |
| 12.
All Other Probate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed
(Petitions) |
194 |
27 |
141 |
15 |
344 |
28 |
274 |
31 |
2,528 |
| Decrees |
150 |
20 |
100 |
10 |
250 |
15 |
200 |
20 |
1,568 |
| PART
III:
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Complaints |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Paternity
Equity |
2 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
39 |
2 |
76 |
| Other
Equity Complaints |
67 |
18 |
47 |
6 |
88 |
23 |
16 |
7 |
804 |
| Judgments |
64 |
7 |
16 |
4 |
55 |
13 |
28 |
9 |
493 |
| 2.
Petitions to Partition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
35 |
8 |
28 |
7 |
24 |
5 |
11 |
8 |
306 |
| Decrees |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
84 |
| PART
IV:
Change of Name |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Petitions for Change of Name |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
128 |
68 |
169 |
17 |
343 |
62 |
226 |
93 |
3,188 |
| Decrees |
130 |
62 |
166 |
18 |
306 |
58 |
195 |
89 |
3,038 |
| Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
99 |
56 |
126 |
13 |
300 |
53 |
187 |
84 |
2,801 |
| PART
V:
Adoption |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.
Adoption Petitions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Filed |
94 |
60 |
160 |
12 |
212 |
30 |
143 |
82 |
2,218 |
| Decrees |
95 |
41 |
136 |
11 |
180 |
32 |
114 |
82 |
1,713 |
| Number
of filings where Petitioner was pro se |
44 |
20 |
46 |
3 |
89 |
17 |
47 |
16 |
581 |
| 2.
Petitions to Dispense with Parental Consent (c. 210,
s. 3) |
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